Feeding Net With Drop Pockets And Deflector Shield
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Solution Overview
Problem
Lacrosse players lack effective practice tools to improve their feeding, scoring, and shooting skills, particularly in accuracy and varying speeds, distances, and heights, which are essential for the game.
Innovation Solution
A feeding net system with a backstop net affixed to a frame, mounted on casters or swivel wheels, featuring multiple drop pockets and a removable drop bucket, allowing for adjustable placement and use in various drills to enhance player skills, including accuracy and shot practice.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a feeding net system is designed to be portable and adjustable for various drills, then ease of operation and adaptability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The feeding net system is divided into separate modular components including a backstop net, frame structure, base with casters, drop pockets, and drop bucket. Each component can be independently assembled, adjusted, or removed to create different drill configurations, enabling versatility without requiring a completely complex integrated design.
Solution Approach 2:
The base is equipped with casters that allow the feeding net to be easily moved to different locations on the field. The drop pockets can be positioned at various heights and locations on the backstop net, and the drop bucket can be removed or repositioned, providing dynamic adjustability for different training scenarios.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple drop pockets are added to the net for varied practice, then adaptability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple drop pockets are implemented as separate, identical modular units that can be independently attached to the backstop net at different locations and heights. Each pocket is a self-contained component with standardized attachment mechanisms, allowing coaches to configure the number and position of pockets based on specific training needs without complicating the overall net structure.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure relates to a feeding net including a backstop net affixed to a frame connected to a base that may be mounted on wheels. The net includes a plurality of drop pockets which can catch lacrosse ball. The drop pockets can be numbered sequentially with indicia, as desired. The wheeled base can include a removable plastic drop bucket for retaining lacrosse balls that are not caught inside the drop pocket or that bounce off the backstop net. The wheeled base can also include an integral deflector shield situated across the backstop net. The deflector shields helps ensure that balls that bounce of the net can be deflected into the drop bucket.